Source: Un Certain Genre
By: Charlotte Soulary
Davos World Economic Forum, where only 16% of attendants were women, had a session on women’s leadership. It was the first time in World economic forum’s history.
I followed …

Source: UNESCO
Application deadline: March 12, 2012
Forum Overview:
The International Leadership Training Programme, organized as a forum, is premised on a three-fold understanding of the vital role leaders play in society. The first is that every new …

Young women from all over the world have traditionally played an important role at the AWID Forum.  They bring new ideas, energy, creativity, insights and experiences unique to young women to various components of the …

Source: Rio+twenties
Rio+20 is a Sustainable Development conference organised by the UN for governments with some members of Civil Society attending. It is a 3 day event that will focus on two themes and …

The 12th AWID International Forum

Transforming Economic Power to Advance Women’s Rights and Justice
April 19-22, 2012 | Istanbul, Turkey

The deadline to register and take advantage of the Early Bird rates has been extended to January …

Deadline: 19 January 2012
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women is accepting applications for its 16th grant cycle (2011) from government authorities at the national and local levels, civil society organizations …

Source: FRIDA
FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund mobilizes resources, funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally. The goal of The Young Feminist Fund (FRIDA) is to provide …

Dear Young Feminist Wire Community,
2011 is quickly coming to an end and so we thought we would take a moment to recap some of the Young Feminist Wire’s significant moments in 2011 as well as …

Social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and blogs have exploded amongst young activists especially with the increase of internet accessibility in the last few years. Many young activists and organizers have …

Registration for the 2012 AWID Forum is now Open!
You can register ONLINE or download the pdf forum to register by visitng the AWID FORUM WEBSITE
Registration forms are available in word format as well as formatted …

Source: The Hauser Center for Non-profit Organizations
Original link: Emerging Models of Participatory Philanthropy
By Alexandra Pittman
What if grantmaking were revolutionalized to be a much more participatory, transparent and democratic process, where there was little …

The United Nations named August 2010 – August 2011, the international year of youth and dedicated the year to promoting the idea of youth empowerment. As we are quickly approaching the end of 2011, the …